“This was undoubtedly a monumental victory in what’s the largest rivalry in all of faculty basketball. Due to that, we skilled one of many largest celebrations in our group’s historical past,” Chapel Hill city supervisor Maurice Jones mentioned within the assertion.
Throughout the celebrations, crews responded to a number of bonfires and a few streets had been briefly closed, Jones mentioned.
After defeating Duke 81-77 within the Last 4, UNC will play Kansas for the nationwide title in New Orleans Monday. The crew is seeking to win this system’s seventh NCAA title, with the final one in 2017.
“Whereas all of us shall be cheering Carolina on to its seventh nationwide title, we ask once more, that followers who be a part of us on Franklin Road after the sport have fun in a protected and applicable method,” Jones mentioned.